For Feather's first couple of feeds she showed no interest at all in striking but would eat her rat later on when no one was looking. I don't mind as long as she's eating, so last night I was placing her rat into the faun near her cave when she struck and snatched it from the tongs! She didn't bother to constrict it, just held it for a few seconds and then dropped it and left it alone. Half an hour or so later I looked in and it was gone. She's determined that I'm not going to see her eat!